Former Navy vice admiral Joe Sestak emphasizes that building cyber warfare readiness should be a top priority.
Typically, military services hold annual gatherings where flag officers receive strategic guidance from their service chief and share their thoughts in an open forum.
Admiral Vernon Clark, a former Chief of Naval Operations, would ask his admirals, "What do you believe?"
However, during a recent gathering of generals and admirals, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth focused on transforming the "Woke Department" into a "War Department" to foster a "warrior ethos" and increase "lethality."
Author's summary: Hegseth's approach to warfare readiness is misguided.